Triplicate manifolding sales-book.



No- 846,002. PATENTED MAR. 5, 1907. B. K. BOTTLE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD KIRBY BOTTLE, NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE CARTEIL ORUME COMPANY, LIMITED, OF NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK, A CORPO- RATION OF CANADA.

TRIPLICATE tMANiFOLDlNG SALES-BOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 5, 1907.

Application filed April 14. 1904. Serial No- 203.153.

To all whom it In/(0y cortcern:

Be it known that 1, EDWARD KIRBY Bor- TLE, residing at New York, in the county of in Triplic'ate )lanir'olding Sales-Books, of

which the following is a full, clear, and exar t 3 description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to sales-books. One of the objectsthereof is the production of a gurilible, efficient, and inexpensive triplicate Another object is to rovide a book of the above type which may e readily used either i l secured at the upper end at stub 4 by sta- 70 with or without an auxiliary outer cover.

Other objects and advantages will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements, and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafterfully described and the scope of the application thereof pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which show one embodiment of my invention, of

which various embodiments will readily oc' our to those skilled in the art, Figure 1 is a perspective view thereof, showing the parts opened in order to disclose the construction 1 more clearly. Fig. '2 is a similar view of the device in condition for use.

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout both views of the drawing. The part 1 represents a pad the leaves of which are preferably made of tissue-paper or other similar material and secured to rigid back 2. By the word rigid throughout V this specification and the following claims is meant the stiffness or non-flexibilit y of some material possessing these properties to aboiit the same degree, so far as results are concerned, as heavy cardboard. The back '2 projects at one end beyond the pad 1 and is secured at that point by stapling or other desired means to a flexible strip 3. This strip is preferabl y made of heavy manila paper, and

y the word flexible as used 1; iroughout this specification and the following claims is meant the pliability of a substance possessing this property in about the same degree, so far as results are concerned, as the above-mentioned paper. point below the upper or stub end of pad 1 and is connected to the upper end of a second pad 4. The latter pad terminates at its up- 1 per end at a point directly over the upper l directly opposite the lower end of pad 1 and i is preferably coextensive in width with both i pad 1 and strip 3. Such arrangement and relation of parts as to size and connection has E been found most convenient in i could obviously be varied, if desired, without l departing from the principles of the invention.

Pad 4 comprises a plurality of folded leaves E pling or other desired means. Eachleafcomprises a poi tion 5, extending downwardly l from the stub 4 and is folded at the lower end so as to form a shorter upwardly-extend- 6 and the junction of part 5 with the stub 4" 1 the leaf is preferably perforated or otherwise weakened, so that it may more readily be torn at those points. There is also secured to the tioned leaves a double-transfer sheet 7, made i ofcarbon or othertransfer-paper. The transfer-sheet substantially corresponds in shape with the leaves of pad 4 in their folded ppsithe arts 5 and 6 of the same.

The upwardly-projecting end of pad T and the accompanying extremity of back 2 may, if desired, be detachably secured spring-clip 10 or other fastening means: The preferred form of covering 9' is composed of two rigid members, adapted to extend o er the entire front and rear surfaces of the assoing the rigid members at the upper ends. The entire covering is referably bound in leather or other suitab e material, so as'to render the same more durable. Pockets 11 and 12 may end of the upper member of the auxiliary cover'for the purpose of retaining a car upon which further record may be kept.

Other retaining means may place of spring-clip 10, and there is ably attached to the rear of back 2 a tongue The strip 3 terminates at a end of strip 3 and at its lower end at a point practice, but 6 5 l ing portion 6. At the junction of parts 5 and stub 4 in front of the several above-men- (ion and is adapted to lie smoothly between within an outer or auxiliary covering 9 by means of ciated pads, and a flexible portion connect: 5

be formed, if desired, at each be used in prefer- 5 as above described.

12 of manila paperor other suitable mateme]. This tongue pa'otccts the back from the clip It) and is uselul in connection with certain other types of retaining means if the from pad 1, as shown in Fig. 1 of the draw- I l lugs, and one ot the thin leaves of the latter 1 pad is raised. per folded leaf of pad 4 then raised to permit. the trunsl'enshQet to fall against the portion 5. Pad 4 is then folded against the remainder of pad 1 and the raised leaf of the latter inserted between the portion 6 and the transfer-sheet, this portion being then folded back to place the book in the condition shown in Fig. 2. The above operation may be easily performed with one hand, leaving the other hand free to hold the book. the book in the condition above described the writing is done upon the exposed surface of the portion (3 of the upper leaf of pad 4, and the pressure of the pencil or other writing means is transmitted through the interposed leaf of pad 1 to the double-transfer sheet 7, as will be obvious from the relative position of the leaves, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. The transfer-sheet 7 transmits the writing to portion of the upper leaf of pad 4 and also upwardly to the interposed leaf of pad 1, and on account of the thin material of which the latter leaf is Q- l o rorniedlt may be easily read through the same f om the upper surface thereof. There are thus formed. aside from the original upon the part 6, two duplicate copies bf the same namely, that upon the leaf of pad 1 and that upon the portion 5 of the leaf of pad 4. The original upon part 6 and the duplicate upon part 5 may now be detached and separated and .one given to the bookkeeper and the other to the customer, or such other disposition made of them as is rlesired. The duplicate copy upon pad 1 is in the customary useof the book retained in the same by the salesman; but'it is obvious that that copy could also be detached, if desired.

Although the device may be used as above set forth, a method of use which in gen- The outer portion (5 of the up- \Vith l l l l with the unused portion of pad 1 resting smoothly upon, instead of under. the pad 4, When it is desired.to make an entry, the superimposed portion of pad 1 is folded back away from pad 4 and the outer portion 6 of the upper leaf of the latter pad is raised to permit transfer-sheet 7 transfer-sheet;

Upon portion 6 being then folded upofn the se ected sheet of pad 1 the 1 entry is made as above described and the book restored to nornial condition by merely 1 swinging pad 1 about its connection with back 2, thus allowing the used leaf of pad 1 to fall beneath the rigid back of the pad. It will be noted that this method of use differs from that first described chiefly in that the pad 1 is used from the back toward the front thereof, thus rendering its manipulation more rapid and simple.

'lhendvantages of the construction herein set forth should be in great part obvious. The simple and-yet elfic1ent manner of connection,such that the essential parts are selcured together and not separated in practice, is of importance, as in former types of triplicate sales-books much confusion and annoyance has been caused by the separation of the several parts or by clumsy and-inefiicient connection thereof. Advantages which should be especially noted as distinguishing the present invention reside in the durabilityiof the connections between the, various elements and the ease with which the book may be used without an auxiliary cover. The flexibility which it is possible to allow to strip 3Qdue to the fact that it is separate from the back 2, and is thus not depended upon toperform the functions of a back, renders the breaking of this strip at the lower end impossible in the course of any ordinary use In preceding books of this type it has been necessary to make use of an auxiliary outer cover to efli, ciently use the book. This has been due to the fact that it has been attempted to carry the fleigible connection between the upper and lower pads to the rear of the lower )Hd, so as to form aback for the same. The attempt to make this back sufiiciently rigid has resulted in the breaking of the same at the point at which bending is required. The above and other defects are remedied in the construction herein. set forth. Although my device is eminently suited for use inconnection with an auxiliarycover and the embodiment shown in the drawings discloses such. a cover in connectiontherewith, yet the necessity for such an outer covering is obviated, and the pad may be conveniently and elficiently used without the same.

-The embodiment herein described is obviously only one of many possible embodiments of my invention, and for that reason I intend that the statements herein made and the construction shown in the accompanying drawings shall be construed as merely illustrative thereof and not as limiting the same.

I-[aving described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a. device of the class described, in combination, a rigid back, a pad positioned thereon and secured thereto at one end thereof, a second pad comprising a plurality of leaves, each of which is folded upon itsel a flexible connection between the lower end of said back and the upper end of said second pad, said connection passing between said pads and a double-faced transfeif 'sheet secured to said second pad. if-

2. In a deviceof? the class described, in combination, arigidbeck, a pad positioned thereon, a second of leaves each of W flexible connection secured flat against the lower end of said back and extending hetween the said pads to the upper end of said second-mentioned pad and a double-faced" transfer-sheet secured to said second-mentioned pad.

1' 3. In e device of the class described, in combination, a pad, a, rigid back upon whlch said pad is positioned said back projecting ed comprising a plurality I ieh is folded upon itself, a

,l below said pad and being securedthereto at i the upper end thereof, a second pad comprising e plurality of leaves each of which is folded upon itself, a flexible connection secured flat against the projecting lower end of said back and passing between said pads and secured to the upper end of said secondmentioned pad, and a double-faced transfersheet secured to said second-mentioned padfi I said first-mentioned pad in normal position i projecting above the end of said second-wen tioned pad.

In testimony whereof I aliix my signature I in the presence of two witnesses. ED\\'ARD KIRBY BOTTLE.

Witnesses:

Jon): H. KOFL'S,

BENJ. GODSHATT. 

